Tour de France 2012 - Stage 15 : Samatan - Pau

July 16: 15th stage Samatan - Pau, 160 km (99.41 miles)

Pierrick Fédrigo wins from Christian Vande Velde after an escape with 2. A few seconds after them, a second group of 2 arrives at the finish, with Voeckler as first to cross the line.
Fédrigo celebrates his second victory in a row in Pau (the first one was in 2010).

Results stage 15 :

1     FR     Pierrick Fédrigo     FDJ     3h40'15"
2     USA   Christian Vande Velde     GRS     +0"
3     FR     Thomas Voeckler     EUC     +12"
4     DK     Nicki Sørensen     STB     +12"
5     BE     Dries Devenyns     OPQ     +21"

General classification after stage 15 :

1     UK     Bradley Wiggins     SKY     68h33'21"
2     UK     Chris Froome     SKY     +2'05"
3     IT       Vincenzo Nibali     LIQ     +2'23"
4     AUS   Cadel Evans     BMC     +3'19"
5     BE     Jurgen Van den Broeck     LTB     +4'48"
6     ES     Haimar Zubeldia     RNT     +6'15"
7     USA   Tejay Van Garderen     BMC     +6'57"
8     SLO   Janez Brajkovic     AST     +7'30"
9     FR     Pierre Rolland     EUC     +8'31"
10   FR     Thibaut Pinot     FDJ     +8'51"

This stage takes place in the region of the Atlantic Pyrénées.